That looks really good. Someone asked a few weeks ago about how a slot-load slimline DVD drive works in that totally vertical position. So...How's it work? :) Is it the panasonic?

yep it's the Panasonic. I haven't had any trouble with it in the verticle position though i don't use it that much. It is a bit louder than i'd expect.

10-08-2004, 09:20 PM

StationRocket

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Originally Posted by C4M

Oooh!

Do you have pics of your dash installation before putting the bezel back on? I'd be interested in what you had to do to the Xenarc. I've just ordered one for my MY03 WRX.

Can you show some pix of your sub installation? I have a wagon as well.

Where did you mount the PC and amps?

C!

i took the Xenarc out of it's housing and made some spacers to tilt one of the boards out of the way so it would fit in the WRX dash hole. I then made a bracket that held the LCD and boards and bolted onto the mounts for the OEM radio

10-08-2004, 09:25 PM

alti

slimdrive

Did you get the ide / usb adapter for the DVD ?
If it is usb is USB 2 and how are the speeds?

The install looks great, good job, nice car!!!!

10-09-2004, 08:00 AM

StationRocket

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Originally Posted by alti

Did you get the ide / usb adapter for the DVD ?
If it is usb is USB 2 and how are the speeds?

The install looks great, good job, nice car!!!!

nope i just ran an ide cable from the pc under the drivers seat over to the center console

10-09-2004, 08:40 AM

jcdillin

very very nice, I love WRX installs, I cant wait to get one. Great job!

10-09-2004, 10:38 AM

snmnetwork

sweet arse ride man! Well equiped, and Very clean install. Only thing I would do is tuck the wires coming from under the seat, under the carpet. Love the sub enclosure design! I love the WRX. Nice car!

10-09-2004, 11:25 AM

fly_dutchie

Great install StationRocket!

Does the Xenarc fit the standard subaru bezel? Did you glue anything to the bezel or is the whole Xenarc held by the stock double din bracket?

Michael

10-09-2004, 11:32 AM

StationRocket

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Originally Posted by snmnetwork

sweet arse ride man! Well equiped, and Very clean install. Only thing I would do is tuck the wires coming from under the seat, under the carpet. Love the sub enclosure design! I love the WRX. Nice car!

thought about going under the carpet there but it would have been a lot of work and would make it more of a pain to take it out if i wanted to do some work on the bench. when the seat is in it's normal position it's all out of site anyway.

10-09-2004, 11:47 AM

StationRocket

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Originally Posted by fly_dutchie

Great install StationRocket!

Does the Xenarc fit the standard subaru bezel? Did you glue anything to the bezel or is the whole Xenarc held by the stock double din bracket?

Michael

unfortunatly not only does a xenarc not fit in the standard bezel it woun't fit in the hole behind the bezel in the dash.

To solve this i had to open up the xenarc and ditch it's factory housing. Inside the factory housing there is a touchpanel, the lcd panel, and two circuit boards. you can find pictures of one disassembled here http://www.talix.com In order to make the whole assmebly shorter (so it will fit in the dash) I tilted the circuit board that has the control buttons back. To hold the board in it's new tilted position and to hold the whole assemble together now that the origional housing is gone I made some parts out of plastic on a milling machine. I'm sorry i failed to take picutres when it was all apart. The part is a rectangle with little wings on the outside to hit the stock radio mounting points. There is a rectangular hole cut in the part so you can see the lcd. There is a recess cut around the hole so the touchpanel and lcd will sit in the recess on a ledge and then be held in by a couple of tabs screwed on in the back. By making those tabs much bigger than they needed to be and sloping thier back side i made a place to mount teh circuit board that needed to be tilted.

Also i trimmed a little plastic out of the hole in the dash behind the bezel above where the radio origionally sat.

Sorry for the lack of pics and the clear as mud explination.

10-09-2004, 01:14 PM

fly_dutchie

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Originally Posted by StationRocket

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Sorry for the lack of pics and the clear as mud explination.

Thanks anyway, your explanation is quiet clear.
Just another Q: with 'stock radio mounting points' You mean those ON the double din radio bracket or the mounting points who HOLD the double din radio bracket. In other words, did you ditch the bracket?